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childish
English
Etymology
From Middle English childissh, from Old English ?ildis?. Equivalent to child +? -ish.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t?a?ld??/
- Hyphenation: child?ish
Adjective
childish (comparative more childish, superlative most childish)
- Of or suitable for a child.
- Behaving immaturely.
Synonyms
- (suitable for a child): childly, juvenile, kiddish; see also Thesaurus:childlike
- (behaving immaturely): infantile, immature, silly, unbecoming, juvenile, puerile; see also Thesaurus:childish
Antonyms
- (suitable for a child): adult, adultlike
- (behaving immaturely): adultish, mature
Related terms
- childlike
Translations
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infant
English
Alternative forms
- infaunt (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English infante, infaunte, borrowed from Latin ?nfantem, accusative masculine singular of ?nf?ns, nominal use of the adjective meaning 'not able to speak', from ?n- (“not”) + f?ns, present participle of for (“to speak”). The verb is from Anglo-Norman enfanter, from the same Latin source. Doublet of infante.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??n.f?nt/
- Rhymes: -?nf?nt
Noun
infant (plural infants)
- A very young human being, from birth to somewhere between six months and two years of age, needing almost constant care and/or attention.
- Synonym: baby
- (law) A minor.
- 1793, William Peere Williams, Samuel Compton Cox, Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery, and of Some Special Cases Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench [1695-1735], De Term. S. Trin. 1731, page 602:
- Thomas Humphrey Doleman died the 30th of August 1712, an infant, intestate and without issue; Lewis the next nephew died the 17th of April 1716, an infant about sixteen years old, having left his mother Mary Webb, ...
- 1793, William Peere Williams, Samuel Compton Cox, Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery, and of Some Special Cases Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench [1695-1735], De Term. S. Trin. 1731, page 602:
- (obsolete) A noble or aristocratic youth.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.2:
- Retourned home, the royall Infant fell / Into her former fitt [...].
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.2:
Derived terms
- infant mortality
- junior infant, senior infant
Related terms
- infancy
- infanteer, infantier
- infanticide
- infantile
- infantry
- infante, infanta
Translations
Verb
infant (third-person singular simple present infants, present participle infanting, simple past and past participle infanted)
- (obsolete) To bear or bring forth (a child); to produce, in general.
See also
- sudden infant death syndrome
- newborn
- neonate
Anagrams
- Fintan
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ?nf?ns, ?nfantem.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /im?fant/
- (Central) IPA(key): /im?fan/
Noun
infant m (plural infants)
- infant, child
- infante
- footsoldier
Derived terms
- infanteria
Related terms
- infància
Further reading
- “infant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Slovak
Etymology
From Spanish infante and Portuguese infante.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?infant]
Noun
infant m (genitive singular infanta, nominative plural infanti, genitive plural infantov, declension pattern of chlap)
- prince, infante (son of a king in Spain and, historically, in Portugal)
Declension
Derived terms
- infantka f
References
- infant in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk
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